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Teche Holding Company Announces Fifty-Eighth Consecutive Quarterly Dividend

^{Published on 2009-11-20 09:18:38 - Market Wire}
 

FRANKLIN, LA--(Marketwire - November 20, 2009) - (NYSE Amex: [ TSH ]) -- The Board of Directors of Teche Holding Company, holding company of Teche Federal Bank, yesterday declared a quarterly dividend of $0.355 per share of its common stock.

The dividend is 1.4% higher than the rate of $0.35 per common share this time last year. This represents a quarterly payout ratio of 37.8% based on net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. The effective dividend yield amounts to 4.59% based on the stock price on the close of business on November 19, 2009. The dividend will be paid on December 31, 2009 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 17, 2009. The company has paid a cash dividend for 58 consecutive quarters.

Teche Federal presently operates twenty offices in the Louisiana parishes of St. Mary, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Landry, East Baton Rouge and Ascension. The Company's common stock is listed as Teche Holding Company and is traded under the symbol "TSH" on the NYSE - AMEX. The bank's website address is [ www.teche.com ]. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insures deposits at Teche Federal Bank up to the legal maximum limits.

"This release may contain forward-looking statements. We caution that such statements may be subject to a number of uncertainties and actual results could differ materially and, therefore, readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Teche Holding Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements."